SABYASACHI MUKHARJI, J.

( 1 ) IN this reference under Section 256 (1) of the I. T. Act, 1961, the following question has been referred to this court:" Whether, on the facts and in the circumstances of the case, the Appellate Tribunal was right in holding that the order of assessment for the assessment year 1964-65, made by the Income-tax Officer, was invalid and illegal?"the assessee is an individual and the relevant assessment year was 1964-65. The ITO computed the total income at Rs. 13,086, after making an addition of Rs. 11,000 as income from other sources. This sum was found to have been invested by the assessee in the firm of M/s. Mahabir Prosad Om Prakash in which he was a partner.

( 2 ) BEING aggrieved by the order of assessment, the assessee went up in appeal before the AAC. Finding that the assessment was completed without giving proper opportunity to the assessee and ignoring the evidence already on record, the AAC set aside the assessment with the direction to the ITO to dispose of the matter in accordance with law. On behalf of the assessee, a ground was taken that the assessment appealed against had become time-barred by operation of law as the ITO did not sign the

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